Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors

Drew Holcomb sounds like he’s on the path for a homegrown Zac Brown success story. Holcomb and his band The Neighbors share the same “genreless” approach as Brown, and on Chasing Someday they display each musical style with equal aplomb. Holcomb can tear through Nashville indie pop that pulls at his fans’ heartstrings or bust down on rowdy college rock. On “Someday,” Holcomb weaves a story that’s up there with some of the better folk and country songwriting, while “Can’t Get Enough Of You” is straight, balls-to-the-wall barroom blues. The sound the band finds on Chasing Someday is soaring pop-rock that captures the vocals impeccably and features the kind of tasteful arrangements that bands only achieve after spending years together in a tour van. The Holcomb unit is also a family affair, with wife Ellie singing an impossibly high harmony on tracks like “Miracle” and taking lead duties on “Your Love.” All throughout Chasing Someday, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors sound like a band on the verge of exploding.